A weather vane is also called a wind vane. It is a tool for measuring wind direction. It spins on a rod and points in the direction from which the wind comes. The weather vane is one of the oldest ...

For example, the wind vane uses eight reed switches and an embedded magnet to communicate the current wind direction to the Arduino Uno which handles the user interface.

GRAND RAPIDS — Recently we have had some very windy days, but do we always know which direction the wind is blowing? In today's weather experiment we are going to build a wind vane or weather ...

A light wind forecast for Saturday and challenging day for the 4 entrants, with the far bank having most of the action. It ...

As wind vanes go, the oversized one at Felts Field is unique. Not the usual rooster or arrow, it takes the form of a 19-foot-long cassette racer airplane mounted at the top of a flagpole. It is a ...

Would you like to have a go at recording the wind direction and entering it into your report? Ask for a weather vane for Christmas - or follow these Met Office instructions to make your own - like ...

Weather vanes, used for centuries to indicate wind direction, now serve primarily as ornamental and symbolic decorations. Weather vane designs, often crafted from copper or gold-gilded steel ...

Wind vane craft blows into Cambrian Children, ages 6 and up, can create their own whimsical wind vane at the Cambrian Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave.

A guy who has cancer called up and wanted a plane. Shipping would’ve been outrageous, so we brought him a Corsair model; his brother bought a B-25 replica,” Markovich said. The service veteran is most ...

Weather vanes have one straightforward purpose: to point into the wind. When the wind blows from the north, for example, the figure spins to face north.